Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany (C), Mangala, Kolarov, Fernando, Fernandinho, Nasri, Milner, Silva, Aguero
C'mon City
Struggling already and nearly a goal down.
The one person you're supposed to mark at corners gets a free header!!
Mangala looks a bit lost.
Is it just me that thinks a £32m defender should know how to tackle?
We need a goal by any means as it is clear we are sorely lacking confidence.
if i was offered 0-0 and the game ends now id take it
We HAVE to win. Draw is useless. We need something to go in for Sergio to get him up and running again.
Sorry is it Hart in goal or Coco the clown, hard to tell really.
What's wrong with Hart today?
Not looking good is it.
We're making Moses look like a world class player at the moment. Just shows what a bit of skill and some genuine pace can do to to trouble us.
would help if city looked arsed
That fucking kit isn't helping either.
Second touch, third fourth fifth, never release that is us. dreadful.
Hmmmm - I think we're starting to settle a little now. Moving the ball a little better (in spite of Fernandinho's stuff up)
Aguero... now he IS a world class player
Long ball football, direct, pace, urgency, superb finish. Absolutely what we needed.
Thank fook
one man, weve only got one man, only got one man...
Haha. Didn't last long.
Fuck me, what was that!!
One player to mark and our defence and fucking awful goalie cannot do even that.
is it in his contract that hart doesnt have to dive? the amount of goals where he does that hop or sits down is fucking crazy
Win or lose or draw we look a shadow of the team we should be. Most players look short of form and confidence. Milner, Aguero and Silva excepted.
We should try not to panic. Thought we were starting to look OK going forward just before and after Aguero's goal.
massive bellend aguero
I am not sure his hand touched the ball. May have but I am convinced the officials could not be sure.
I thought that was a harsh decision
I've only seen one replay and couldn't spot it! TV commentators seemed confident enough that it was hand ball...
Like I said - no need for panic yet. I think we've more goals in us. Problem is - stopping Stoke from scoring at the other end...
Just sen a replay and it was hand ball.
must be me thought it a header.
then again Milner got away with a hand ball early on which shoulda been a penalty for Stoke
so is that it evened up?
headless comes to mind and Mangala has no idea what he's mean to be doing spmeone saw City coming when they sold him!!
If you see it again he actually misses it with his head and sticks his hand out.
No he certainly got his head to the ball.
Everton holding Chelsea so far incidentally...
We need to get someone else in to sort out the defence. It is a shambles and not improving.
Kolarovs a prick
Quote from: Zabba on February 11, 2015, 20:47:02
No he certainly got his head to the ball.
No he didnt
Head then hand for me. Francis seems to think it was going in off his head but I don't think it was even though it definitely glanced his head at least.
Super Milner!
Fine work from Nasri and Silva
Yesssssssssssssssssssssss
God bless jimmy
The angles I saw I couldn't tell. Bloody good sight from the lino considering it was on the other side of his head...
We've lost that fear factor and just plain aren't good enough atm. Bloody crouch always scores against us!
Come on City! Don't switch off - go and get another
Wonderful seeing us finally playing with pace and purpose. Lets keep it up.
job done
Yesssssss.
Silva superb. Aguero great.
pleased for james. Is it just me or is Pelle more nervous than usual?
Aguero's injured.
Nasrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrri !!!!!!
job even more done
Quote from: Rowley Birkin QC on February 11, 2015, 21:14:12
Aguero's injured.
and in less predictable news, tomorrow is thursday
Nasriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
We are firing again. Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Think Aguero's was just a bit of cramp.
Quote from: goat on February 11, 2015, 21:18:48
Quote from: Rowley Birkin QC on February 11, 2015, 21:14:12
Aguero's injured.
and in less predictable news, tomorrow is thursday
Actually were I am - tomorrow is Friday :D
Quote from: Ludo on February 11, 2015, 21:20:59
Think Aguero's was just a bit of cramp.
Didn't look too serious did it.
Yeah - that's me...
Fecking chavs have just scored in the last minute.
(Barry sent off a couple of minutes before that)
fucking barry sent off
Nasri's run and goal reminds me of his arsenal days
Bit of a confidence booster this
So much better tonight. Bony and Yaya as well returning soon.
I wouldn't say completely better. First half usual problems and Mangala looks like bambi on ice still.
Yes, we got going in the second half but it could so easily have gone the other way in the first. The defence is still very concerning. Nevertheless thank fook we won :D.
To my eyes, from just before the opening goal, going forward we suddenly settled, our tempo improved, and we started to pass the ball around quickly (For once - Fernandinho letting the side down at times...) and Stoke then went onto the back foot a bit. From that point I was convinced we had some goals in us and reasonably confident we'd win it.
But - Oh! Our defending... especially in the first half.
The biggest problem seems to be at home when teams drop back and play on the break. We simply don't seem to have a plan B.
Have to sing the praises of Milner, Silva, Nasri and Aguero. Fantastic performances tonight.
Our defence is so poor we may forget any prospect of winning PL or CL.
Aside from the first half defending, I am still really chuffed with last night's win. Should have been a difficult game for us based on Stoke's recent record and our current form, but we had too much talent for them in the end.
What a shame Chelsea spoilt things with fluking a win against the Toffees! Sounds like the end of that game was a joke. How can Ivanovic do this -
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80951000/jpg/_80951668_ivanovic2_reuters.jpg)
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80950000/jpg/_80950187_ivanovic_getty.jpg)
- and not be sent off? Was he claiming he was protecting the ref? Barry of course had just been sent off - and Ivanovic went on to play a role in Chelsea's late, late goal a couple of minutes later.
Chelsea have certainly become the new rags when it comes to influencing / harassing refs. Up there with the very best verbal assaults that Wayne, Rio, Paul and Gary used to constantly assail the officials with (and go unpunished). Very noticeable how the chavs were constantly in the ref's ear when we went to Stamford Bridge.
Can't understand why the FA haven't clamped down on this disgraceful behaviour. The rules are clear.
apparently ivanovic was biting an all
:D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpdgJnS7pcU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpdgJnS7pcU)
He who laughs last laughs the loudest hahaha